Sara Stridsberg
Sara Brita Stridsberg (born August 29, 1972 in Solna , Sweden ) is a Swedish journalist , translator , novelist and playwright and was a member of the Swedish Academy from 2016 to 2018 .
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Her first novel Happy Sally (2004) is about Sally Bauer , the first Scandinavian to swim the English Channel . For her second novel, Drömfakulteten (2006; dt. Traumfabrik , 2010) she received the prestigious literature prize of the Nordic Council in 2007 . The novel was written after Stridsberg translated Valerie Solanas ' 1968 “Manifesto of the Society for Cutting Up Men” (“SCUM”: Society for Cutting Up Men) into Swedish. It is a fictional tale about the historical figure Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol . In her play Valerie Jean Solanas ska bli president i America ( Valerie Solanas, President of America!) , She worked on the material for the stage. Her third novel, Darling River (2010), deals with Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita .
In 2010/11 Sara Stridsberg was a Samuel Fischer visiting professor for literature at the Free University of Berlin .
Awards
- 2004: Swedish Essäfonds Prize
- 2006: Aftonbladets Literature Prize
- 2007: Literature Prize of the Nordic Council for Dröm faculties
- 2008: Gustaf Fröding grant
- 2010: Tidningen VI: s Literature Prize for Darling River
- 2015: Grand Prix of Samfundet De Nio
- 2015: Literature Prize of the European Union for Beckomberga - Ode till min familj
- 2016: Selma Lagerlöf Prize
- 2019: Swedish Radio Novel Prize for Kärleken's Antarctica
Fonts
- Non-fiction
- Juristutbildningen ur ett genusperspektiven 1999
- Det är bara vi som är ute och åker 2002
- Fiction
- Happy Sally , 2004
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Dröm faculties , 2006
- Traumfabrik , S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-074435-7 .
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Darling River , 2010
- Darling River. Dolores variations . Ursel Allenstein in Romanian. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-090052-4 .
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Beckomberga - Ode till min familj , 2014
- The big heart: Roman . Ursel Allenstein in Romanian. Munich: Carl Hanser, 2017
- Kärleken's Antarctica , 2018
- Plays
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Valerie Jean Solanas ska bli president i America , Premiere: September 26th 2006, Dramaten Stockholm
- Valerie Solanas, President of America! , Translation Jana Hallberg, Verlag Felix Bloch Erben , Berlin , DSE: September 1, 2017, Städtische Bühnen , Osnabrück
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Medealand , world premiere: February 21, 2009, Dramaten Stockholm
- Medealand , translation by Jana Hallberg, Felix Bloch Erben publishing house, Berlin
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American Hotel, WP: March 4th, 2016, Stadsteatern Stockholm
- American Hotel , translation by Jana Hallberg, Felix Bloch Erben publishing house, Berlin
Web links
- Literature by and about Sara Stridsberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Sara Stridsberg at perlentaucher.de
- Sara Stridsberg , at the Peter Szondi Institute 2010
- Theater plays published by Felix Bloch Erben
Individual evidence
- ↑ De vinner Sveriges Radios litteraturpriser , sverigesradio.se , April 12, 2019, accessed on April 12, 2019
- ↑ Valerie Solanas, President of America! by Sara Stridsberg | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Valerie Solanas, President of America! by Sara Stridsberg | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Theater Osnabrück - VALERIE SOLANAS, PRESIDENT OF AMERICA! Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Medea Country by Sara Stridsberg | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
- ↑ American Hotel by Sara Stridsberg | Felix Bloch Erben GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stridsberg, Sara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stridsberg, Sara Brita (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solna |